West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-11-10
MINOR MENTION.

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Sardou.
The coffee tree, in its native state
often gro US to the height of twenty to
thirty feet.
White lalacs are first choice for bridal
nosegays, with Lilies OF the Valley a
good second.
Avoid causes OF irritation in your
family circle; reflect that home is the
place to be agreeable.
There is in England society conduc,
ted by ladies for the promoting of long
servi c among servants. Valuable prizes
are given.
Wax flowers were FIRST introduced in.
TO England by the mother OF Mary
Beatrice, wife of James H., as present
to her royal daughter.
Mrs. Jessie =. Barnes, of BROOKLYN.
has been elected a member of the faculty
OF Washington College, Irving, Cal, to
take charge of the department of music.
Countless knights were slain before
St. George won the battle. In the bat
tie OF life we are all going to try for the
honors of championship.
Mrs. DIR. Ellis, an American lady. is
physician to the Queen of Corea. She
has apartments in the royal palace at
Seoul, and receives an annual salary of
ten thousand dollars.
The value of three things is Justly
appreciate by three C asses of persons
The value OF youth by the old, value of
health by the deceased, the value of
wealth by the needy.
Whole cloves are now used to exter
inmate the merciless and industrious
moth. 1t is said they are more effectual
as destroying agent than either tobac>
co, camphor or cedar shavings.
Hannah More, who exercised great
and unsurpassed influence for good over.
our grandmothers' minds, and who was
an eminent authoress in the best sense
OF the word, was plain woman.
An interesting prize competition was
opened short time since in week and
Leisure for the greatest number of in
stances of distinguished men of whose
mothers anything favorable or unfavora-
BILE is known.
Among the recent graduates OF the
Woman's Medical College in New York
city is Kin Yamei, a Chinese girl, who
hal taken the highest position in the
class. She is an accomplished scholar.
able TO converse and write accurately in
five languages.
Queen Victoria is mourning the death
OF an old nurse, Miss Skerrtt. who re-
Gently passed away at the mature age of
ninety-four. Miss Skerritt had seen
service under Queens Charlotte and
Adelaide, and had nursed Queen Vic
TORN, the Prince Of Wales and other
royal children.
A new periodical, woman, to appear
weekly, has been commenced. The first
number in each month will contain
Nursing Notes, and articles of special
interest TO nur. es, extracts from medical
journals, reports Of nursing associations.
etc. The rest Of the paper is devoted to
reports OF meetings on womens subjects
and philanlhropic work.
In Finland, according to Bayurd Tay-
Tor, the women resent as en- insult n sa-
late upon the lips. A Finnish matron
hearing OF our English custom of kiss.
ing, declared that did her husband at
tempt such liberty she would treat
him with such n box on The cars that he
should not readily forget
'Bisvigum' is newly coined French
word. II is compounded Of the words
biscuit, viands, legume. and is used to
designate new kind OF composite food
recently introduced in the French army
by General Boulanger, and which can
be canyerted into a soup or stew nc.
cordiDg to the taste Of the eater
Mrs. Sarah Jacques Small, who died
recently at Bowdoinham, Me-, aged ono
hundred and four years and eight
months, when we'll into the nineties.
spun over three hundred skeins Of warn
and wove twenty yards OF cloth, ali
wool In the last years Of Der life she
knit dOubble mittens and stockings
enough for n regiment Of men. She was
a great worker til her eysight failed at
about one hundred.
I have sometimes thought that we
cannot know any man thoroughly well
while nc is In perfect health As the
ebb.tidc discloscs the real lines OF the
shore and the bed Of the sea, so feobles
ness Sickness and pain bring out the
real character OF man. For years he
pushed away the hand that was reach
ing for his heart~strings and bravelv
worked on until the last hour. / do not
doubt that his will and cheerful cour.
age prolonged his life many years. 1872
Garfield.
=. r Barnum has just purchased an
enormous amount OF rcil estate IN Bridge
port. Conn. It consists Of q great tract
Of land situated in tho centre q the
city, and includes five churches, the old
court. house, six livery stables, ts.ree
bank buildings, all the stores on the
west side Of Main street and more than
one hundred residences and dwellings.
The properly is worth over 10000. OO)
Mr.. Bafnum's grand on, Clinton IT..
Seeloy, will az once erect a large brick
block on q portion OF the unoccupied